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VOLUME 3?NO. 3. ABBEVILLE C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1855. WHOLE NUMBER 107.
MlSOELIiAETg'.
(rOR talc independent press.]
Virtue.
Virtus, like all metaphysical subjects,
baa been a fertile thetiie for numerous and
extended disquisitions. And their prolixity
and ambiguity have given rise to controversies
which have resulted in the origination
t>f various theories. Its intimate connection
with human happiness makes it of par
Amount importance, and demands for it
tnuch attention.and philosophical investigation.
Every system that has ever been proposed,
however competent may have been
Its author to understand the complexity of
its relations, and to comprehend all logical
inconsistencies, has been considered defective
in some of its operations; He, then,
that adopts the views of another and follows
in bis wake, will be compelled to contend
with great opposition, and combat strongly
urged objections. But he who blaze? out a
new nath. cenerates a theory of his own,
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and expects that it will be entirely unexceptionable,
aims at a pre-eminence as yet unattainable,
and will be doomed to suffer disappointment.
Hence an eclectic system is
preferable to all others. But it must consist
principally of the most rational oneeextant.
Virtue is an emotion of nigral approbation
or disapprobation, which, in unequal
degrees, exists in every individual of the
human race, arid is not to bo considered
with respect to actions nor agents alone, but
both combined.
The physical and mental organization of
man, his situation, and the relation which he
sustains to society and his Creator, lead evidently
to the conclusion that his happiness
was intended. And it is an impossibility
for him to be happy, unless" ho is in possession
of an emotion which will approve what
is right, condemn what is wrong, and make
him feel a moral obligation to perform his
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duty, tie lias mieiieciu&i i&cuiues vno
perform their respective functions, but it is
not their province, independent of ail others,
to decide what is. virtuous or vicious.?
Deprive him of- the power of practising virtue,
and lie is robbed of the only means by
which he can obtain happiness. How de
plorable would bo tlje condition of the world,
if this feeling did not enter into the nature
of his mental constitution ! No one would
bo morally bound to perform any-duty, as
he could not know the rectitude-of actions.
There would be no restraint iipon the exercise
of the passions, which would increase
misery, and ultimately extinguish the race of
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mankind.
The universality of this inherent principle
is co-existent with all created intelligence?"diffusa
in onines, constans, sempituns.n
But it must be admitted that the
same actions are not regarded in the same
light by a person at all times, nor by different
individuals or nations. Were it even
admitted?which it of course is?that certain
actions were considered virtuous in one
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country and vicious in another, still it would
not prove this universality to be.false. All
emanated from tbeaam^ Divine source, are
similarly constituted /ind are alike responsible
for every "thought, word and action."?
.And while virtue thus tafcy seem to be fluctuating,
it remains relatively immutable,
and could all persons be subjected to like influences,
there would not be any difference
in the quality of virtue ;.orr- rather, they
would agree in their approbation of a
praiseworthy deed, find alBO'in their disapprobation
of cihtf which truly merited indigRation.
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Bat there ate reasons which account for
facb agreat disparity in the perceptions of
^^differences A person may act;con?
Bciefttidtialy and do a thing which he will
. >afforwa*ds see to be wrong wd\ condemn.
'This nothing more ^han; might ba expec?s
he in bettor calculated for any : buaitH*?al
?ome'ti??i. tncre?ied experience,
<valtivatkm and a bcaHbful oonjJitifo of lu
toMj pow?ni--,ev 4VwM<s or^nUm3C5S
J ?V-.sagss^raSs
fat ?o naaeaHv to ooroH thaioaryannaU a
sidered merely innocent amusements ? The
complexity with which good and evil are
involved, in actions, habits of association,
great political errors, cherished superstitions,
and a thousand other circumstances, unite
lo fortn the dissimilarity, which moralists
seize as an overwhelming argument to establish
the doctrine that virtue is not dependent
upon a natural law implanted in the
human heart. *'
But while all carry within them the power
or capability of being virtuous, they can
never become equally so, as there must be
degrees in virtue. The whole race are of
the same species, yet there is a remarkable
difference in their appearances. If even a
select number be taken, who enjoy equal adVimlaffM.
thorn will flion ho n rlifTnt-onfP in
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their mental development. And if they
could be examined with respect to their virtue,
there would doubtless he as great an irregularity.
In this highly favored country,
where equal privileges are guarantied to all,
to follow their inclinations and enjoy full
liberty of opinion, we see some men tower
above others in intellectual attainments,
and in nothing else is there a more manifest
difference than in their morals.
In what manner virtue is to be considered,
is a question which has caused "words
to bo multiplied without wisdom." The
perplexity has arisen by attempting to con
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niuyr iuc cctiiuri ur uyc/tc muepiMJUUiiL 01 LUC
other. An action, considered in itself, is
nothing but a name, for if we see a person
acting apparently in conformity to virtue,
while we at the same time are conscious of
his affectation, there will arise no emotion
of approbation. Nor is it true, though supported
by high authority, that "we aro to
consider only agents and the emotions which
those agents excite." An agent cannot be
an object of approbation nor disapprobation
until there is first an action. And then the
action must be compared with what is absolutely
right, in order that it may be ascertained
whether or not the circumstances
that surrounded him really justified the departure
from rectitude. L.
Mr. Crow on Pills.
The Boston Courier publishes a series of
burlesque lectures, in which some capital
hits are made. The lecturer, Mr. Crow,
thus discourses on pills:?
"I took up one of your newspapers, in
which I read au account.of a wonderful pill
which bad been discovered, and which was
recommended and endorsed by all the great
and reverend gentlemen of the country. It
was set forth in leaded.rpws of types that
one pill worn in each pocket will instantly
give ease and elasticity to the tightest pantaloons.
[Laughter.] A little quantity will
create an appetite in the most delicate stomach,
or physic a horse. [Renewed laughter.]
They will also be found to give a rich
flavor to apple-dumplings, and a peculiai
zest to pickled oysters; they will thicken
soup, reduce cocpulent pessons, and are excellent
bait for mouse-traps. [Convulsive
laughter.] One pill dissolved in a buckel
of rain-water will be found a perfectly wutei
prow jiiiiij? iui uuuiti eiiiuauKiiieJiu*; piacecj
in steamboat boilers, it will effectually prerent
their bursting, and greatly inoreaaethe
speed of their boats./*; [The whole audience
in an uproar.] As for their, medical quali
tiea, they are justly Entitled to be callec
"Medicamentum Gracia Probatum thai
is, aa remedy appr<!>ved by grace;" for the)
effetkuallybopl Bt^Antbony'a fire, and stoj
8i. Vitus- dKhceV they purify the pimples ir
smair^pok^'and radiate the rod guin ir
teething; Tshouts of merriment from th<
doctpre;]YtHej reduce white swellings, ant
.cure black jaundice, blue devils, yellow
scArk$. or any other fever; they also cur<
itin iltwitali 1 rt OMil 1 r\ in kntvn #U/
i uio.uiiuoii jii LiJiiuigii, ouu rlr 1Jciiof UK
gtB^erein horses, and nightmare in owle
j BuW.further enumeration is unnecessary
' suffice it to say,that this medicine is a c?m
/^nation upon hew principles, discovered bi
>f the j present proprietory^, imnWrtaj| grand
mother,' and are, an^exceptien to all th
rtilee. of science, common sdnse and el peri
encc;, so that1while they are the most pow
erful agent in nature, 'revolutionizing th
whole animal economy, and eradicating
the mo?t incurable diseases; tliey-are at th
, same time a perfectly innocent preparation
i and miw betafcen'witb safety b/thenureinj
>nt. oil nnm r(SVl_3'*ll li?riri)pA<L FTm
mendous - ctearitf^^aod ' long-wontiau?
1 Uughter.]'' " *
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A Bit of Romanot.
The Cleveland Leader relates tlie following
story, which, if true, furnishes a spectacle
of genuine virtue, in real life, in comparison
with which, the exhibitions of the
novelist arc altogether insignificant. Such
conduct is its own sweet reward
"Five or 6ix years ago, a rich Louisiana
planter died, leaving an only heir, a daughter,
who was not quite seventeen years old.
She, together with her fortune, was placed
in the charge of a guardian, who was distantly
related to the family. Her fortune
atid her iVmarkable beauty attracted the attention
of many suitors, among whom was
an accomplished young man from St. Louis,
whoso only wealth was his profession. His
handsome person and fascinating manners
won the lady's affections, and, without the
knowledge of her guardian, they were privately
married. Shortly afterward they
moved to St. Louis, where they lived together
happily for a time, and a bright fui
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imu iu uc UUIUIC UlClll. Al IIIC (JXpiration
of a year, tbe lady having attained
tier majority, they returned to New Orleans
to claim her fortune and live in the splendid
old family mansion. They were coldly received
by the occupant, who deliberately
informed them that the estate had passed
into other hands. They at once applied to
the law for redress, and going through the
{>rotrae.ted formalities of two or three fruitess
suits, tliey were left penniless, and obliged
to abandon the case. Friendless and
dispirited, they returned to St. Louis, where
the husband, like many other husbands,
tried to drown the remembrance of his disappointment
in the fatal cup. His wife entreated
and admonished in vain. A separation
was the consequence, and the husband
became more reckless and dissipated than
ever. Driven at last to desperation, the
wife applied for a divorce, obtained it, and
retired to a convent This restored the
wretched man to his senses ; he abandoned
his former associates, returned to the paths
of virtue, and became an industrious and respectable
citizen.
"A few months ago, the lady received a
letter from the son of her former guardian,
informing her of his father's death, of his
inheritance of the estate, %nd of his determination
to mak?- full restoration, closing
with an appeal to her to forgive his misguided
parent, and to come to New Orleans
UHU Vlijvr uvi IVI bUUUa WUQ (lb UUUO Will"
plied with the generous request; and all her
inheritance, together with the accumulated
interest, was restored to her.
'Now comes the strangest part of this
most extraordinary affair. The young man
offered her his haud in marriage, and plead
-with all the earnestness of impassioned love.
Jtic reminded lier ot all tbeir .childish attachment,
of his deep anguish when she became
the wife of another, of the long years
of hia silent sorrow. All these remembrances
came up before her mind, and gratitude
plead eloquently in his favor; but at last
the wife triumphed over the woman. Slit
thanked him, and gave bim her simple blesi
sing ; told him that she had loved but one.
ana could never love another; and entreat'
ed him to take back all her fortune, and
i permit her to return to the convent. Find'
ing her resolution unalterable, the young
111 (tn luuaeuicu, un conuuiou iqhi sne wouio
postpone her return one month. He imme
! diately wrote to the former husband, whc
- was ignorant of what had transpired, offer
' ing lnm a .first-rate situation, on conditiot
I that he would come immediately. The let
ter was signed by the principal of a well
> known firm, who was apjtnsea of every cir
s cumstince in.the case. -.-"As soon as the let
ter came to hand, the overjoyed recipieni
I took passage for New-Orleans. He present
t ed himself at the place designated in th<
' letter, and at once made himself known bj
> showing his credentials. He was conductet
J to the residence of the generous heir, where
? he was informed, the writer of the lettei
5 waited to receive him. His name was an
1 nounced, and be was conducted into an die
i gant parlor, and there, alone, he met tlx
3 woman whom he had neglected and dishon
J ored?the woman who had been forced t<
' leave him, but wlio would not quite giv<
; hifn up. ; ?
- / "A few days afterward, the citv newapa
f pera announced the' marriage of Mr. ??
- and Mrs. ??t-The-. estate was restore*
3 to the lawful owinere, and the reconcile*
- couple, made wiser.' and better by adversity
are how living happily together, ^ ...
& . "Iti's good to tur^ somctirn^a^th'th
> uiiw miu lUiUM/lia Ul" pUJlUU*, COOI^ni
o plate human nature rising up ^fjr^n^tt
v depths of misery and despair, casting esid
t selfishness, and teaching that standard c
^ purity and happiness which so few attain."
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SSwsibx-k TalbL?There is nothing raad
: in th&Wridby getting the "ill will of folks,
rV ai)d we agr?with th<&> Kniekerboeke\
^ (F'hen it says: *fh? roan who 'don't ca^p
The Last Wiah. 1
The Triah of Mr. WilaoD, the celebrated Or- <
nitliologist, in regard to his burial place, is
beautifully expressed in the following lines:?
In tomn wiM for?nf ?Vi?<1o
Under some spreading oak or waving pine.
Or old elm festooned with the budding vine,
Lot me be laidl '
In thia dim, lonely grot, ,
No foot intrusive will disturb my doat;
But oV me songs of the wild birda ah all burst,
Cbeeriog the spot.
Not amid charnel stonea,
Or coffins dark and thick with ancient mould,
With tattered pall or fringe of cankered gold.
May rest my bonea.
But let the dewy rose,*
The snowdrop and the violet lend perfume.
Above the spot, where, in my grasay tomb,
I take repose.
Year alter year,
Within the silver birch-tree o'er me hung,
Tlie chirping wren shall rear her callow young,
Shall build her dwelling near.
And at the purple dawn of day,
The lark shall chant a pealing song above,
And the shrill quail shall pipe her song of love,
When eve grows dim and gray.
The black-bird and the thrush.
The golden oriole shall flit around,
And traktn -with a mellow goat of sound
The forest's solemn gush.
Birds from tbe distant see
Shall sometimes hither flbclc on aaowy wing*,
And sonr above my dust ir. airy rings,
SiDgiog a dirge to mc.
Fate of American Statesmen.
This is the caption of a truthful article
in the New York Timtt, and the substance
of which the Commercial Advertiser reproduces
as worthy of consideration. The
pith of it is, (says the last paper,) that there
has been a great change in American senttirnent,
with regard to political life. The
beet talent of tne land, notwithstanding the
honors of successful statesmanship, is no
longer Ambitious of that kind of distinction.
It seeks other channels for the exercise of
its powers. There is nothing to attract talent
into the field of politics. The rewards
of other professions are v^on without selfabasement,
and the rivalry of "a more honor*
able kind. Politics are becoming odious;
public honors are distasteful. All that once
warmed the bosom of young ambition, and
plumed its wings for a lofty flight; all that
made the rewards of political distinction
honorable and worth the labor of attaining,
has been torn from it by our abominable
system of permitting small men to manage
the politics of the country. These men occupy
the field, and libo theharoies of Vircril
I sit in the high places, and by "their foul
( presence and croakin^s drive away honora,
ble competitors from the feast. Moral pow.
er is great, and when brought into exercise
. with resoluto vigor it is always successful.
( Let it seize upon the field -occupied by these
. demagogues and small light politicians. It
| can do it; the resolution to do so is all that
. is necessary, and the right action will folr
low. Principles, and not men, has been
i tlie motto of party. It is found that men
. are quite as necessary as principles; Prin)
ciples and men should hereafter be the mot.
to of all parties. Men?true men?men
t of talent, experience?men-of integrity, the
. l>est genius of the nation?virtue, morality,
. and honor, are all necessary in the men who
. are to exemplify and establish the principles
. of party. We kill off our great men?kill
I them off to make room for small men on
- the ground of expediency, of policy, and
3 whatnot) and bring forward men of no
r talent?no capacity?simply because they
| are unknown, and cannot be mAde the subloot
nncifit/o offiin voaMAiif *a ??*?_
9 J*-*-?v v? |/v?iviFvnMiiuai>ii/iiiu WOI*J~
r thing except their obscurity. "Principles,
. not men"?"new men" are the cries which
- demagogues have yelled out as they rushed
? on at the bead of their partizaoa, and
. slashed down the 'great leaders, who had
> done or said something,^ which, no matter
b how true, might render them obnoxious to
those miserable factionists. It is death to
ji become great, really, as a statesman. Such
- jin one isdragged to the guillotine, of "exi
pediency," and off goes nis head,5 or the
j new. man renders hire lifeless. A country
>t which refuge* to. take care of its best men, I
will soon lose tils' power to take care of
e itself. .
This is the general purport of the Timet'.
^-article, written with special pertinency at
e this time. "There is nothing more true than
,f that the country is in great danger when
' the really great statesmen, who . have been
for years acquiring experience, knowledge.
&| skil? are summarily^aidaside, on the ground
" of expediency^ or to tako up Bohienev* man
r, who6e,<JjesVr?cot?)pQendat?on w hi# obecuria
t^. The nation ha^tftd' ettoagh i>f tbiaF|
talent, experience, knowledge, on such miserable
pretences as have distinguished all
parties within the past fifteen years.
[From the Newberry Mirror.]
Letter from Bon. T. O. Pcrrin.
Messrs. Editors:?I send you a letter, addressed
by the Hon. T. C. Perrin, President
of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad
Company, to a Committee of the citizens
of Asbville N. C., requesting him to attend
a meeting at that place on Sui day of April
last, on the subject of the French Broad
Railroad. Will you do me the favor to
give the letter a place in the nexl issue of
the Mirror. Subscriber.
ABBEVILLE, April 6, 1066.
Gentlemen :?Your letter inviting tne to
an adjourned meeting of your citizens to be
held at ABbville on the 6th inat. is before ]
mo. T exceedingly regret that previous ap
puiukineais, wnicn i cannot disregard, prevent
me from attending your meeting. 1
have for months passed intended visiting
your section of the country, partly from a
desire of forming an acquaintance with your
people of the old North State* for whom I
have ever had a very high regard, but mainly
to obtain information as to how our Railroad
is to be extended through your 8tate.
I am now a Railroad man, having my
interests and feelings strongly interested in
this enterprise. . I regard the extension of
our Railroad from Greenville through North
Carolina, not only important to our Railroad
Company, but aa a measure that is to
confer upon your State, benefits and advantages,
the value of which, even the most
sagacious mind cannot now calculate. It
will open up new avenues to trade?stimulate
the energies of the people?arouse them
from their legthargic state?develop the
hidden treasures ana abundant resnurnea of
your State, and in various ways increase the
wealth and happiness of the people. The
Eresent generation may enjoy some of the
enefits and oqjnforts, but it will be for posterity
to enjoy their fruits in their fullest maturity.
Without pretending to know all the diffinnltioa
in T ll?. ~ ? ? ?I- ?
vuiv>?i m kuv nojr, x miuw ouuugu 10 enable
ma to ?ay, tbat I have no sort of doubt,
that tp build a Railroad from Greenville
through your State, to conncet with the
Ohioj and even with the regions of the vast
North-West, is entirely practicable, and that
it can be dons at much less cost than many
of the leading Railroads at the North. In
this measure patriotism prompts, and self-interest
urges us forward to unite with you in
this grand enterprise ; and although I cannot
be with you in your meeting, you have
mv best wishes for almited and harmonious
effort, and full and complete success.
When the connection between the Greenvill
and Columbia Railroad, and the South
Carolina Railroad, at or near Aikeu, shall
have been made, which I doubt not will
soon be done, we will have a line of Rail*
road from Greenville to Charleston rarely
equalled, and perhaps never excelled : one
exempt in a remarkable degree from iniOuence
by water, and passing through a sec*
tion of country, upon the head waters of the
Edisto, abounding in thfe best pine timber,
that the earth ha9 ever produced. This
route too, I believe, is the nearest of those
now projected from Ashville to Charleston.
At the next meeting of our Board of- Directors,
I will bring this subject before them,
and urge upon them to order immediately
a survey of the route proposed by you ; and
I doubt not that it will be done. Our Company
I think is alive to the importance of
this connection, and you may rely with confidence
upou some of us for co-operation.
With high regard for you individually,
and an earnest desire for your success, I
am very respectfully your obedient servant,
r,"Tb08?:C. Pjcrrin, Prest.
Messrs. Jas. W. Patton, M. Patton, N.
W. Wrtndfin *"*
To whom it Concerns.?Men of wealth
who have many children should remember
that at their death property is to be divided
among them, making the share of each
dm all, and that it is positively.'unjust to establish*
in them habits that great wealth
aIaiia aon ?4ialain Tf n/vi hami iinCkA^hak41 ?
aiviiv van ow?M?ii<?. ?v livw ?cij UIIIIC^UOIIUJ
happens tbat young people have been reared
in idleness by wealthy and weak parents,
soon spend' their patrimony #Jben left to
themselves; then as there; are but three
ways of obtaining a living?that is either bj
working, begging' or Bteajing, and as tfcej
do not Know how to Work^ pj; would* not il
they did,. they naturally beoojtie either beg
gars or thi Vitm ma I. ii '
. A Know- NotSiko, who wan -about fcc
^et married, determined to makehi
fillt Kt? a thntf nflrtjininfl
Evil Con*?quenc?a of Vulgar Dr?ss.
Now we will tell you how youwill turn
him into a mere two-legged ape, or peacock, strutting
about to show bio plumage. The
tawdry fiuery most American mothers put . >
upon their infants, originates in a total ab- '
sence of artiatic taste and in the meanest
kind of emotion. Just look at the round
beauty of an imfant'a features, its lovely
smile of delight, and the harmony of its
flesh tints, and tell me, if you can, how its
charms are to be increased by coral bands
and tawdry ^ribbons. Would it not be far
better taste to allow the unbroken undulating
curve of the little arm its full charm,'
and the lovely tracery of the veins on the
temple, and the little fleecy whirls of downy
hair on the forehead to delicrht the bvil
O .. '
than to torture its arms with India man*
acles of coral, and imprison ita head with *
a porcupine cap of vulgar millinery f Look
at ita little hands and feet! what enchanting
sculpture! Can you improve them by
dress?
Where, let me ask, do you find gay colors
to belong in nature! Do they not.
cover the meadows with their beautiful
vestments ? do they not light up the ahadfc ~
of the forest with their hrfllinnt )iiim
fleck tbe wings of tbe lovely wanderers of
air, as they flit by you when you walk forth
into the fields? are not the beautiful shells
which tbe salt sea throws at your feet painted
by the great Master who knew best
where the brilliant colors belonged t do
you ever find such hues on the body of your. child!
Surely the flesh tints are beautiful,
and the coral lips and pearly little testh, *..
with the rosy-tipped and tapering flngen,
and the funny little toes covered with their ;
pearly shells, may well content you. Fleecy
coverings from the back of the modest and
innocent lamb, and the snowy whiteness of :
the flax or the cotton plant, are far more
appropriate than a piece of goat's or sheep's
dead skin dyed red or blue, and made into.
a mis-shapen shoe, or an incongruous maw
of colored garments?, that resemble no ob- . V
ject in nature or art
The mother soon begins to direct her
darling's attention to itl adornment, aod as
soon as the little monkey can walk "-It is
trotted out by its nurse to show its load of
borrowed feathers, and before it is six year*"'
of age a most degrading love of dress u
planted in its soul, which never leaves it
in life. What a frightful evil has this become
throughout onr land 1 The poor
wife of the laborer or mechanic cribs a
shilling a day from her husband's toilful
earning*, for the adornment of her child;
the cleric or the book-keeper, if he do not
spend all his earnings for tobacco and liquor
and oysters, because he is afraid to-'
marry an American woman with the same
vulgar propensities, sees it in ribbons and
contemptible jewelry upon her head, in her ' Clears
and on her fingers, and hia. children
penned np in an upper room because they
cannot be made fine enough to emulate the
adornments of bis wealthy and vulgar neigh-'
bora. The mother is but carrying'c*utorfher
own pereon the earlies lessbnst of her"
infancy. ^ This
extravagant adornment pf its. body
is accompanied uy an equal-attention to the ?
child's iihpcrious demands for hurtful luxuriesof
food. Of course, neither" the iucK- ,??. j
nation of the mother, nor-her pecuniary or ^
mental ability, will allow tune or means to,
pay attention to its temper orita" true re^
quirementa of body ; her husband^rcoai &
aud bis stomach must take their chaaoe; ,
and while she is developing the newdar?
line, the.public school room or.the street "
is developing Young America into a hopeful
Wall street a windier, a mercaittifer baccaneer,
or a swindling lawyer,a.hypocritical
priest, or a lying physician. - What woftder
is it that such mothers delight in living *
at hotels, or husbands v?ith"8uch wivea.are
flad to escape'to the club or gaming
ousel Why do we complain ^of our
wretched Irish servants ? Whp it t&kt
prodi$& the domestic misery ofoar hooar>
notds'and implants the vulgar snobberysiid absurd
prettuce of raoet of oprlybta'giftea
apd woraei) ? *What is. it that* raises fcwr **
rents, and produces com in ercial'pftoi. cs, and
fills our homes vith S^rro*^-^ '
?* "2r%'< -v* iHain't
Likk.'WA fcertain tawyerbiul<
his portrait takffljn his favorite atb|tude-s^. ^
1 standing with one hand in his pocket. .His
menus and clients all wept to *ee . It, a&d g&y
1 everybody e*clainJedj "Oh, howlfkei'jt ?
the very picture, of hfmP '"An old. fiurftaer.
I only diluted^?^Taiij't like!"'"Tain't Kkef*
f exclaimed everybody;. d jusksho^us'wlier?
Vjrtin't lifce." -T.ir^ no Ujny r^pd^
tttr firmer: "don** vofc ?^>eVgot:hi? *
hand in bis own pocket ! 'twould be as lika ...
again if -he h*d it 4o sOmebo^efrafeK^jar5
'tm > ' ni ;*** .11 iff*'